The Stew

…but that’s not really the point of this. I don’t want to gloat, after all. Although, I’ve got to say, I’ve been walking around with a spring in my step this week. And you can get these neat hats at CafePress.

No, I’d rather talk about Palin — because you just can’t get enough Palin. Turns out that in one post-election poll, 69% of Republicans think Palin helped the McCain-Palin ticket. This flies in the face of the results from “the only poll that matters,” wherein 60% of voters thought Palin was not qualified to be president.

After the election, Fox reported that McCain staffers said of Palin:

• She didn’t know Africa was a continent, and not a country
• She couldn’t name the three countries in the North American Free Trade Agreement (hint — it’s the three countries in North America)
• She spent way more on clothes and other stuff than was previously reported.

I understand that Republicans like things in black and white, and these revelations set up a clear black-and-white scenario. One of the following is true:

1) The McCain people who sat on this information and portrayed Palin as ready for prime time tried to foist a huge fraud on the American people; or

2) The McCain people have absolutely no scruples and are willing to make negative stuff up about others in order to hide their own shortcomings.

I really don’t care which one is true, although I’m willing to be that there’s more truth in #1 than #2. In either event, I’m even more sure that America did the right thing this week.